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Side-channel timing attacks work on websites by executing MANY similar requests. In a similar way, in this case, while individual requests may not appear to ad
by IncRnd 9y ago
Side-channel timing attacks work on websites by executing MANY similar requests. In a similar way, in this case, while individual requests may not appear to adhere to a timing profile, over time they likely will still be discoverable.
c.f. The random number generator in "The Mythical Man Month" that only guaranteed any one number will be random, not a sequence of numbers.
- mozumder 9y agoMakes sense. But man these attacks really do need lots and lots of CPU just to extract one bit of data.